Chile is 1.11× the size of Alberta
Chile (South America) covers about 736,000 km² (284,000 mi²) and Alberta (province of Canada) about 664,000 km² (256,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 736,000km²Chile
- 664,000km²Alberta
200 km
- Chile
- Alberta
What fits
- Alberta is 90% of the size of Chile.
- Chile is larger by 72,700 km² (28,100 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Alberta.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chile is about 24.0, Alberta about 21.6.
How they differ
- Chile also has the larger population: 19.5 million against 4.3 million, 4.56× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 26 in Chile against 6.4 in Alberta: Chile is 4.11× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- On a standard web map Alberta looks larger than Chile: Chile at 36°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Alberta at 55°N about 3.0×, so the map shows Alberta as 1.79× the size of Chile, when Chile is 1.11× the size of Alberta.
- Together Chile and Alberta cover 1,400,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 7.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 72,700 km², is about the size of Sierra Leone (71,600 km²).
- At Alberta's density, Chile would have 4.7 million people (it has 19.5 million). At Chile's density, Alberta would have 17.5 million (it has 4.3 million).
- Alberta's centre is 91.1° of latitude, about 10,130 km, farther north than Chile's.
- Chile ranks 40th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Alberta is the 6th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Alberta lies about 91° of latitude (roughly 10,100 km) north of Chile, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chile would have about 37,860 m² and each person in Alberta about 155,710 m².
- Laid side by side, Chile and Alberta would cover 1,400,000 km², 1.09× the size of Peru.
- Together they have 23.7 million people, about as many people as Syria.
- Counted as a country, Alberta would rank 40th by area and 130th by population.
Side by side
| Chile | Alberta | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySouth America | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 736,000 km²284,000 mi² | 664,000 km²256,000 mi² |
| Official area | 756,000 km²Wikidata | 662,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 239worldwide | 6th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 19.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 4.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 64th of 237worldwide | 4th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 26 per km² | 6.4 per km² |
| Capital | Santiago | Edmonton |
| Latitude range | 56°S to 18°S | 49°N to 60°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 737,000 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 756,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 662,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 664,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12